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SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT FOR WRESTLERS WHO WERE MISTAKENLY LEFT OUT 1. Southeastern: Jimmy Hart 2. Georgia: Don Muraco 3. World Class: Bobby Eaton 4. TNT: Chavo Guerrero 5. Atlantic Coast: King Tonga 6. Worldwide: Passed 7. Pacific: Tracy Smothers 8. . All-Star: Ernie Ladd 9. Great Lakes: Frank Dusek 10. Georgia: Gary Young RD. 2 1. Southeastern: John Tatum 2. World Class: Bobby Duncum Sr. 3. TNT: Pass 4. ACCW: BIlly Travis 5. Worldwide: Pass 6. Pacific: Rip Morgan RD 3. WWF: Tony Garea RD 2: Brooklyn Brawler TNT: Pass All-Star: James Dillon RD 2: Pass Great Lakes: Leatherface Georgia: Carlos Colon Southeastern: Pass World Class: Plowboy Frazier ACCW: Sunny War Cloud Pacific: Pass RD: 4 TNT CCW PACIFIC ALL-STAR GREAT LAKES GEORGIA WORLD CLASS ACCW WWF

Chavo Guerrero is one of those wrestlers who did not meet the 10% of events for a promotion that we had originally established for the game but now that we have all major promotions involved, that is null and void so Chavo should be included. We had established a supplemental draft for cases like this and Spaldoni is next on this list if he wants him.

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING June 24, 1984 A montage of all the top AWA Wrestlers of both past and present is shown as the intro music is played. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA Mid-American All-Star Wrestling. I am Rod Trongard and we are coming to you today from the Minneapolis Armory. Fans, I want to take you to the last few moments of the main event this past week in the St. Paul Civic Center as it was Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage vs Bret Hart and Bad News Allen. VIDEO TAPE: Hulk Hogan/Randy Savage vs Bad News Allen & Bret Hart with Bobby Heenan The tape picks up the action with all four wrestlers out on the floor and no ref to be found. Bad News Allen has a chair in hand and clobbers Hogan across the back. Savage and Hart are squared off but Allen comes over and hits Savage with another chair shot. The heels roll Hogan and Savage back to the ring as the camera picks up Bobby Heenan unlocking a briefcase from his wrist and when it opens, we see Heenan hand the stolen AWA World Title to Bad News. Bret Hart is seen getting his AWA North American Title belt from the table. WHAM…. Allen nails Hogan with the World title and Hart nails Savage with the North American belt. DING…DING… DING. The ref has stumbled into the ring and called for the bell as he DQ’s Heenan’s men. After the video, Heenan is at the interview desk with Gene Okerlund… Gene Okerlund: Well Bobby Heenan… I must say you have done a lot of low down, dirty things but I can’t believe you orchestrated an attack on Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage on the same night. Bobby Heenan: An attack? You must have lost your brains when you lost your hair. I am a manager and my job is to prepare my men for their matches. Bad News Allen has a NO DQ… FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE… AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH in just 7 days in the Saddledome where clocking Chump Hogan with the World title belt will be perfectly legal. Gene Okerlund: Oh come on Heenan Bad News Allen: Watch your mouth Okerlund. Hogan is in for a world of hurt and I bet you that after I am through with him, you will never see him again in All-Star Wrestling! Bret Hart: And I promise that that in my father’s first major show in Calgary in over 6 months, I will make sure I will do anything in my power to walk away with my North American Belt. As Heenan and his men walk off, Okerlund hopes that Bobby gets a beating later tonight as he will be taking on Rick Martel in a Greco Roman Olympic Style Wrestling match. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth MATCH: Rick Rude with Baby Doll defeats Tony Torres with the Piledriver Baby Doll has her arm around Rude as they are joined by fellow Hot Stuff Inc. member, Eddie Gilbert. As was the case when Rude was under the management of Bobby Heenan, he seems to be ignored during this interview as Trongard wants to hear from Eddie Gilbert about his upcoming Finals of the Young Lion’s Tournament Championship against Nikita Koloff. Rick Rude seems to be fuming and interrupts. Rick Rude: Okay… enough of this! I am Rick Rude and I would be the one in the finals of this tournament except for one thing. Eddie Gilbert: And what could that be? You are not good enough? Rick Rude: No…no…little Eddie. I am a man and I don’t need to wrestle young boys to make me look good. You might be trying to be a Young Lion but I am trying to be a World Champ and by the look in the eyes of Baby Doll here… she knows who the only real man is in Hot Stuff Inc. Gilbert comes after Rude but Baby Doll gets in the middle and starts screaming at her two men. Rod Trongard explains that this group can’t seem to get on the same page and hopes that Gilbert is more focused when he meets the Russian Nightmare in the Saddledome. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth Quick interview from Hogan and Savage about how they can’t wait for the Saddledome and how Hogan is going to not only beat Bad News Allen and take back the title that Allen stole from him but he is going to be in All-Star Wrestling for a long, long time and put an end to the Heenan family. Randy Savage: Ohhhhh yeeeeaaaahhhh! MATCH: The Road Warriors with Ellering defeat Buck Robley & Luke Graham with a Doomsday Device During the match, “No Class” Bobby Bass was at ringside trying everything he could to help Robley and Graham but it was to no avail. He foolishly rushed into the ring after the match and was nearly decapitated for his actions. At the interview desk, we get Animal hyping up the Three Corner title match for the AWA World Tag title in the Saddledome between The Road Warriors, Sheiks and Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez where the winners get the belts and the losers leave All-Star Wrestling. Hawk: Weeeellllllll… you know Rod Trongard… we will not be the ones leaving as we are going to be crackin heads and takin numbers! The Sheiks will be in body bags on their way back to Sandland and Dr. Death may be just that… DEAD! Out come Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez and we have 4 of the toughest guys in all of wrestling starring each other down! WHAM….. from behind, Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie leads the Sheiks (Blackwell & Patera) out to the interview area and they attack. With the element of surprise, they get the jump on the other two teams but soon we have a 3 way brawl that is scattering bodies all over the arena floor. The only way this one ends is with a commercial break! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth This segment was the quiet before the storm. Everyone in the Armory was waiting to see Rick Martel crush Bobby Heenan but that would have to wait. MATCH: Ox Baker defeated Brian Garrett with the Heart Punch Say what you want about Baker, but his size and appearance make him one scary dude. That along with his intensity and willingness to antagonize the fans puts everyone on edge. At the interview desk, Baker was not at a lost of words and seemed to be calling out anybody who would except his challenge. MATCH: Koko Ware defeated Verlon Biggs with a Top Rope Dropkick As scary as Ox Baker was a few minutes ago, Koko was energetic. His dancing and enthusiasm were contagious and the fans were really into this one. Koko Ware seemed all too eager to except the challenge of Ox Baker as he claims they have unfinished business. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth MAIN MATCH Nikita Koloff was scary good against Marty Jannety with the end coming by way of the Sickle. All Trongard could do was hope that Eddie Gilbert could somehow pull a rabbit out of a head and find a way to beat the Russian Nightmare in the Saddledome. MAIN EVENT: Greco Roman Olympic Style Rick Martel vs Bobby Heenan The crowd couldn’t wait for this one and it started with a good laugh as Heenan came out in a ridiculous looking singlet. As the match started, Trongard reminds that this was strictly wrestling and if either men broke the rules, they would be DQ’ed. As the match started, it was all Martel. He was completely in control and hit some huge moves on Heenan. Heenan somehow poked the ref in the eyes as he was checking to see if Heenan’s shoulders were down for the count. As the ref was down for minute, Curt Hennig rushed to the ring and hit Martel with a few haymakers before scrambling out of the ring. Martel did not know Curt had left the ring and when Heenan came up behind him, Martel turned and threw a big right hand. Unfortunately, the ref saw this and called for the bell and give Heenan the win! This turned out to be unimportant to the “Family” as Heenan’s stable (Hennig, Bret Hart and Bad News Allen) hit the ring. They somehow manage to get Martel caught in the ropes by his neck. It appeared like he was hanging himself. Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage rushed the ring and chased Heenan and his goons away and then went to the aid of Martel. Rod Trongard: This was all of setup… We should have known that Heenan would do anything to keep Martel from getting to the Saddledome to face Curt Hennig. As Trongard was signing off for the week, we could here Hogan frantically calling for a doctor. Rod Trongard: So long from the Minneapolis Armory

Bockwinkel makes a perfect entrance and is going to make World Class very interesting. The Movement is awesome. I love the 80's when everything did not need to be politically correct. Mr. Saito is one of the best heels in the game. He just seemed like he could wreck someone. Interesting twist of fate here in the tag division. The Midnight Express is the cream of the crop but there are a lot of interesting teams coming after them.

Nice quick build up to Idol vs Blanchard. Blanchard could get shot at another title or could end up with nothing. I like Steve O vs Armstrong. I remember him being so big in Georgia when I was a kid and then he seemed to have just disappeared. Ratymus is my favorite and nice to see the Cuban Assassins. Lawler always seems to find himself in some trouble and then we have the fun of finding out who he get's out it! Summer Blast is shaping up to be WILD

Really enjoying the wild and crazy scene down in Alabama and Mississippi. I like Ric Flair being the one in pursuit as much as I do when he has a title. Like the ideas of new titles here as it keeps it all fresh Paul Jones and RPG do a great job of bringing down the heat! I wonder what Madril will do if his sub comes up short

Love your main events... so much talent and so many options Your tag division is stacked with a lot a great mid-card talent and they all seem to be chasing the MNE

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING JUNE 23, 1984 Music intro with a montage of all the stars of Stampede Wrestling past and present is shown. Ed Whalen: I am Ed Whalen and welcome to another edition of Stampede All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Corral in Calgary. Before we get to all the action tonight, we must first show you a video of the highlights from this past week in the Sales Pavilion in Edmonton where the last 4 matches of the first round of the Stampede Heavyweight Championship tournament took place. 1. Jos Leduc wins by DQ as he had Brad Rheingans locked in the Bear Hug when the High Flyers hit the ring and attacked Leduc. 2. Sgt. Slaughter beat Ciclon Negro with the Cobra Clutch 3. Nicolai Volkoff defeated Marty Jannety with the Backbreaker 4. Greg Gagne defeated Davey Boy Smith with a blow from a foreign object as Jim Brunzell distracted the ref. Ed Whalen: I must say this tournament is shaping up to be a really an amazing event and tonight we are in for a real treat as we will be seeing the four second round matches. Don’t forget fans, that the finals of this tournament will be one of the highlights of the Canada Day Spectacular in the Saddledome on July 1st. (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) STAMPEDE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT MATCH: Greg Gagne vs Jos Leduc Gagne is accompanied to the ring by Jim Brunzell and Brad Rheingans as Leduc is waiting in the ring. The High Flyers and the Olympian really bring down some heat on themselves which they seem to relish. Before the match, Stu Hart comes out to a huge ovation as he mandates that Brunzell and Rheingans leave ringside. He also says that if they come back out for any reason during the match, Greg Gagne will be disqualified. No matter how much they protest, it is to no avail as Hart means business. With the sides evened out, the match doesn’t go well for Gagne as his shenanigans are no match for the power of Leduc who eventually catches Gagne in the bearhug for the submission win. After the win, Brunzell and Rheingans rush out to either help Gagne or attack Leduc but we will never be sure which one as Leduc scooped up Gagne, pressed him overhead and tossed him from the ring to the floor on top of his attackers who are left in a pile of mangled bodies on the outside of the ring. As Gagne and his cronies gather themselves and head back to the locker room Leduc is joined by Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith at the interview desk where Ed Whalen congratulates Leduc on his win but then changes the focus to how last week’s show ended. Ed Whalen: For those of you who were not with us last week, we want to show you another disgusting act by Greg Gagne which took place during the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship between Brad Armstrong and Dynamite Kid. AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Brad Armstrong vs Dynamite Kid The match… it is a display of pure wrestling and skill and Ed Whalen keeps putting over the fact that these are two of the best in the world. Unfortunately, after about 8 minutes, Gagne and Brunzell hit the ring and attack Kid. The ref calls for the bell but in a display of great sportsmanship, Brad Armstrong comes to the rescue of Dynamite and after a minute or two of a wild brawl, Armstrong and Kid are in control of the ring while the High Flyers are out on the floor and heading to the locker room with their tails between their legs. Ed Whalen: Well folks, you saw it… another disgusting display from the High Flyers. Dynamite Kid: Thanks Ed, two things are for sure. First the High Flyers are classless. Week after week they come after me, Stu Hart or any other member of the Commonwealth Connection. But notice one thing… the only time those cowards attack is when they have the numbers advantage. The other thing that is for sure is Brad Armstrong is a stand-up guy. He could have easily walked away when Gagne and Brunzell attacked me but his father raised him right. Unlike Verne Gagne down there in Minnesota where if it doesn’t help a Gagne, then forget about. Bullet Bob Armstrong taught Brad to help out his fellow man. To do what is right and I thank him for his help. I also want to say that Stu Hart… who is like a second father to me, has done right in this situation as it is going to be Brad Armstrong and myself against the High Flyers in a steel cage match in the Saddledome on the Canada Day Spectacular. Ed Whalen: Well Dynamite, that is great news as that makes sure nobody will interfere. Fans, that is going to be one spectacular show and if you are anywhere near Calgary on July 1st, get to the Saddledome. (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) STAMPEDE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT MATCH: MATCH: Buddy Landell vs Big Jim This second round match of the Stampede Tournament is a contrast in styles. Buddy Landell has a lot of technical skill but loves to bring the match to the gutter while Big Jim is all about the power moves. He is also a bit of a happy go lucky guy that seems to be smiling all the time. Ed Whalen is really rooting for Jim as Landell has promised to leave Stampede Wrestling if he doesn’t win a title in 30 days and this Stampede Tournament is his last chance. As for the match, Landell is able to take control after a dirty break in the corner as he goes right for the knee of Jim. After working on the knee, Landell whips Jim into the ropes and Big Jim accidently takes out the ref. As Big Jim goes to check on the ref, Landell cracks a chair into Jim’s knee. Landell locks in the Figure 4 and amps up the pressure by using the ropes for leverage. The ref recovers and calls for the bell as Big Jim submits. Ed Whalen is disgusted by Landell and hopes that Jim is not hurt to bad. At the interview desk: Buddy Landell: Ed Whalen…. Stampede keeps lining up the opponents and I keep knocking them down. It doesn’t matter how big they are, they are not match for the one and only Nature Boy. In just 8 days, I will be the first Stampede Wrestling Champion. Ed Whalen: The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Hmmm, I wonder if they would fall if you didn’t use a chair. Buddy Landell: Are you insinuating that the real Nature Boy would need to chair to beat a hillbilly like Big Jim. Ed Whalen: I am not insinuating anything. We have the video to prove it if you want to see it. Buddy Landell: Come on now Ed… these fans are not smart enough to watch a video. I will see you next week for my semi-finals win! (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) MATCH: Sweet Brown Sugar & Koko Ware wrestle defeat Verlon Biggs & Luke Aduda This was a fast-paced fun match that seemed to settle the fans down after they were so hot and bothered by Landell in the last one. STAMPEDE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT MATCH: Jim “The Anvil” vs Nicolai Volkoff Nothing brings the heat in the 1980’s more than a flag bearing Russian who wants to sing the Russian National Anthem before the match. The Anvil wants no part of this and attacks as soon as Volkoff hits the first chord. From here on out it is a brawl beyond belief. The end sees the Anvil in control but the Russian Nightmare, Nikita Koloff hit the ring. The crowd pops as Eddie Gilbert is in hot pursuit and pushes Koloff through the middle ropes so he doesn’t get the Anvil. Gilbert and Koloff are brawling out on the floor as Anvil whips Volkoff into the ropes and catches him with a powerslam and gets the three count to move onto the semifinals. Nikita and Gilbert are separated by about a dozen jobbers and when decorum prevails, the Anvil grabs the house mic and as soon as the crowd hears the first note, they all join in. O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) STAMPEDE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT MATCH: Sgt. Slaughter vs Rick Rude with Baby Doll Before we get to this match, Ed Whalen explains that he believes that Sgt. Slaughter did not come to the rescue of his tag partner, Jim Neidhart, a few moments ago because he was preparing for this match. He went to explain that he is not so sure about Rude and Baby Doll not helping Eddie Gilbert as Hot Stuff Inc. seems to be in in disarray. As for the match, we get a back and forth match where Whalen is surprised that Rude is holding his own against Sgt. Eddie Gilbert, who is walking slowly to the ring due to the scuffle he just had with Koloff, goes right up to Baby Doll and plants a big kiss on Baby Doll. Rude seems distracted. WHAM…. Slaughter with the big Cannon Lariat. He locks in the Cobra Clutch as Eddie Gilbert simply walks away. Baby Doll is frantically trying to figure a way to help Rude but it is to no avail as he goes unconscious and the ref calls for the bell! Whalen hypes up the fact that it will be Buddy Landel vs Jos Leduc and Sgt. SLughter will face his own tag partner, Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart in the semifinals of the Stampede Heavyweight Championship tournament and that those matches will be seen right here in the Corral next week. Ed Whalen: Well what a night it has been. We have so many things taking shape as we are just 8 days away from the Spectacular in the Saddledome. So, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling.

Bundy is so fun in this games and I love how you made him so important right away! Johnny Weaver is on FIRE!

AWA MID-AMERICA ALL-STAR WRESTLING June 17, 1984 A montage of all the top AWA Wrestlers of both past and present is shown as the intro music is played. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA Mid-American All-Star Wrestling. I am Rod Trongard and we are coming to you today from the Minneapolis Armory. Fans, I just want to take a moment to show you how last week’s show ended. A video of last week’s week match between Eddie Gilbert and Curt Hennig is shown where Rick Rude comes out and gives Baby Doll a good stare down which upset Gilbert. Gilbert went after Rude but was surprised by Nikita Koloff who came out from behind the curtain and hit Gilbert with a Russian Sickle. When the video is over, we see Baby Doll with Eddie Gilbert at the interview desk. Gene Okerlund: Well Eddie… it seems like Nikita Koloff is doing his best to make sure you do not make it to the Canada Day Spectacular and the finals of the Young Lions Tournament. Eddie Gilbert: Every week we hear Nicolai Volkoff talking about how unbeatable Nikita is. Well if he was so tough, he wouldn’t be hiding behind curtains trying to take me out. On July 1, I plan on taking out that big Russian and showing everybody that Hot Stuff Inc. is truly best the in the business. Gene Okerlund: Speaking of Hot Stuff … Baby Doll you seem to be getting some real attention from Rick Rude. Baby Doll: Not only getting some but I have been giving him some attention right back. Eddie Gilbert: WHAT! Baby Doll: Listen Eddie… we have a business relationship and nothing else. I was brought in her to run Hot Stuff Inc. and make sure that it is a business worthy of my time. All of a sudden, Rick Rude struts out and Gilbert is white hot and starts to go at Rude. Baby Doll: HOLD ON, EDDIE… you do not want there to be any problems between the NEWEST MEMBER OF HOT STUFF INC! Baby Doll and Rick Rude give each other a big hug and kiss… one that seems more that a boss-worker relationship. Eddie Gilbert: What are you talking about? Baby Doll: If you have not noticed lately… Rick Rude has been wasting away in Bobby Heenan’s “Family” so I was able to make a deal with Bobby to bring Rick into Hot Stuff Inc and one thing is for sure… He is HOT enough. Eddie Gilbert is fuming and storms off while Rick Rude simply smirks. Baby Doll says that Eddie better get over this real quick as she has challenges Nikita Koloff and Nicolai Volkoff to a tag match TONIGHT! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: The Sheiks (Patera-Blackwell) with Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie crush Tony Torres & Luke Aduda Sheik Adnan: Hala Gene Okerlund. Assalum Alaikum. Insha Allah Masha Allah. Ahlan Marhaba Wa Sahla…. Verne Gagne… You think you have found a way to stack the deck against my men and rid All-Star Wrestling of the greatest tag team in wrestling today. On July 1 in the Saddledome… it will be the Sheiks vs the Road Warriors vs Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez. The winners get the tag titles and the losers leave All-Star Wrestling…. Gene look at these two men…Ken Patera with muscles popping over every inch of his body and the Mountain to his right…. Sheik Jerry Blackwell. It is obvious to all except that stupid Verne Gagne that the tag title will be mine! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines Before we head back to the ring, Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez came out to Gene Okerlund and had a real different idea as to how the AWA World Tag title match was going to go compared to what Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie said a minute ago as they were just as confident that they would come out on top. MATCH: Randy Savage vs Ciclon Negro Ciclon Negro tried every dirty tactic but could not slow down Savage as Trongard hyped up his upcoming North American Title match against Bret Hart in the Saddledome. Just as Savage climbed to the top rope for the Elbow drop… Bret Hart, along with Bobby Heenan, and his newest acquisition, Bad News Allen, rushed out to attack Savage. While Savage did his best to defend himself, he fell victim to the numbers game. Rod Trongard: Oh he we go…. It is the AWA World Champion, Hulk Hogan coming to the rescue. As soon as Hogan hit the ring, the heels headed for the hills to live to fight another day. Savage and Hogan were fuming at the interview desk where Verne Gagne came out and said that he could do nothing to add another title match before the Saddledome for Hogan to get at Bad News Allen and for Savage to get at Hart but he could get them together for a tag match this week in the St. Paul Civic Center. Savage and Hogan quickly accepted this and then went on to explain what they were going to go to Heenan’s Family. MATCH: Buck Robley defeated Mario Palumbo with a taped fist to the head Robley spends a minute at the interview desk where he let’s everyone know that he and his clan of “No Class” Bobby Bass and Crazy Luke Graham do not care when, where or how…. But they want to get their hands on Ray Stevens, Da Crusher and Dick the Bruiser. Gene Okerland does a good job of warning them to be careful about what you ask for. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: Rick Martel defeats Marty Jannety in a true wrestling match between two babyfaces At the interview desk, Martel lets everyone know that he can win any type of match. He loves to wrestle and he loves to brawl and nobody knows that better then his old tag partner Curt Hennig. He reminds everyone that they did just that as a team but since Hennig joined Bobby Heenan’s Family he has taken every match into the gutter and come July 1… Canada Day Spectacular… Martel is going to throw Henning right where he belongs… the Gutter. The crowd boos as Bobby Heenan comes out and he seems very calculated and says that it always seems to be Martel who throws the first punch…. As he asks the crowd to remember just a few weeks back we Martel actually punched Heenan. Martel just laughs Bobby Heenan: Don’t laugh at me you, pompous punk. You know it is true and if you want to prove it… next week right here on TV how about you wrestle me in an Olympic Style Greco Romain Style match. I guarantee you that you can’t beat me if you don’t cheat. In fact, if you beat me without throwing a punch, I will give you $10,000. In fact, I am so sure that I am going to win that if I break any of the rules, I will also give you $10,000. Martel smiles as he accepts this challenge. He is sure that he is going to be $10,000 richer in just a week but Gene Okerlund isn’t so sure as he knows Bobby Heenan can’t be trusted. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MAIN EVENT: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Rude with Baby Doll vs Nicolai Volkoff & Nikita Koloff The match starts with a bit of a surprise as Gilbert actually holds his own against the Russian Nightmare. Trongard is hyped up by this as he thinks Gilbert may have a chance in the Young Lion’s Championship in the Saddledome. As the match progresses, we have a few momentum changes which seems to frustrate the Russians. It seems like Gilbert and Rude are doing a decent job of coexisting even though there seems to be some tension. Nikita, who is in the ring versus Gilbert, takes a cheap shot and knocks Rude off the apron down onto the floor. Baby Doll rushes over and seems to be massaging Rude from the blow. This not only seems to anger Gilbert but it definitely distracts him…. WHAM… Russian Sickle! And the Russians win the bout. Rod Trongard: I guess that it is going to take some time for Hot Stuff Inc. to gel. So long from the Minneapolis Armory

Awesome show here. My favorite was that it took Kamala, Khan and the Samoans to take him out. Hope for a fast recovery. Blassie seems to have a strong hold on controlling Worldwide but there is a good stable of Baby Faces in hot pursuit with Magnum being the lead dog. Snuka-Backlund in a cage would be something the fans never forget.

Love all the action here as each match has special meaning. Tar and Feather matches, Oriental Death matches, title matches.... great ways to keep the fans on the edge of their seats. I think my favorite moment here was AL Madril and the Heart attack angle. I could imagine the crowd fuming and then a few of them wondering if it was real!

Fun show as TNT stays hot after the big show from Louisville. I love Mr. Wrestling II as a Heel! Jumbo for a title bout is going to be fun Atlas-Ayala is going to be a fun brawl. It could put one over and end ones time as a big draw in TNT The battle of the Kings seems to be on the horizon Looking forward to Tito-Funk

Nice showing for DJ but Hercules is a tough task. I love your use of Percy. Enjoying the Central States title tournament. Schultz vs JYD... could go either way Murdoch vs Blackjack or anyone related to him is something I could watch each and every week.

Now that is some card for the people of Okolona!

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING JUNE 16, 1984 Music intro with a montage of all the stars of Stampede Wrestling past and present is shown. Ed Whalen: I am Ed Whalen and welcome to another edition of Stampede All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Corral in Calgary. Before we get to all the action here tonight, we must first take you to the last few minutes of a video given to us courtesy of Southeastern Championship Wrestling from June Jam in Fort Payne, Alabama AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Brad Armstrong pinned Dynamite Kid with a backslide in an absolute clinic that went 28 minutes of the 30 minute time limit to win the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Ed Whalen: That’s right folks, Dynamite Kid lost the AWA World Light Heavyweight title this week and we are going to bring him out right now. Dynamite Kid: Well Ed, one thing I am not going to do is make excuses. Brad Armstrong is one tough competitor and he was the better man that night in Alabama. I feel bad that I have let the fans of Stampede Wrestling down! Ed Whalen: Well Dynamite, I would not worry about that. Everyone here knows you gave it 100% and sometimes you just come out on the wrong end of the stick. The good news for you and everybody here at the Corral is that you will be getting your rematch right here on TV tonight! Kid is hyped and promises to give it his all as Ed Whalen also reminds us that tonight is the start of the tournament to crown the first ever Stampede Heavyweight championship. We will see 4 great first round matches including Buddy Landell vs Sweet Brown Sugar, Ox Baker vs Big Jim, Rick Rude vs Ricky Gibson and Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart vs Bob Sweetan. We will also be seeing the High Flyers tonight and I hope that their will be no more nonsense from them. Well, this is going to be a big show and we will get started right after this break. (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) MATCH: Buddy Landell defeats Sweet Brown Sugar In the first match of Stampede Tournament, we see Buddy Landell is really good at bringing some heat down on himself. From his strut to his robe to his in ring antics of hiding behind the referee, Landell is a true heel! Sugar gets feed up with all of this real quick and it is actually the babyface who brings this match to the gutter. Unfortunately, Landell was able to reach into his trunks for an object that he clocks Sugar with. No matter how much the fans tried to tell the ref what had happened, he never found the illegal object. With Sugar basically out of it, Landell unnecessarily locks in the Figure 4 and the ref awards him with the win as he counts Sugar out . At the interview desk: Buddy Landell: Ed Whalen…. All you stinkin fans… I told you that if I don’t win a title in 30 days or less, I am outta here and tonight just shows you that me winning this tournament is a for gone conclusion so I gues you are stuck with me. Ed Whalen: Well if one of these refs catches you cheating, I guess you will be outta here and I can tell you that myself and all of these fans are routing for the refs. Buddy Landell: Are you insinuating that the real Nature Boy would need to cheat to beat someone like Sweet Brown Sugar. Ed Whalen: I am not insinuating anything. I am flat out saying it. We must move on but I am hoping you lose this week in Edmonton so you will leave us alone. MATCH: Big Jim vs Ox Baker This tournament match puts two big boys going for the win. The difference… Big Jim is a fun loving hillbilly while Ox Baker is one mean SOB who wouldn’t mind killing another man in the ring with his Heart Puch…. Yes I said ANOTHER! While Baker is tough, Jim just seemed to enjoy the physicality of this match and wrestled most of it from the top. Baker did tale the momentum after and eye gouge but Jim ducked under his Heart Punch and caught Ox with a Big Boot and Jim got the win and moved on in the tournament. (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) MATCH: High Flyers (Gagne & Brunzell) defeat the Lumberjacks with a Double Dropkick on Lumberjack #1 following a low blow by Gagne. Brunzell and Gagne continue to get the ire of the fans prior to the match, during the match and after it. They are quickly becoming the arrogant nudge that everyone loves to hate. After the match, Gagne can’t help but spew his opinion of how much better his father is than Stu Hart and what an embarrassment it must be to run Stampede Wrestling even though none of your sons wrestler here. Brunzell adds his Anti-Calgary commentary as the boos rain down. Ed Whalen has finally had enough and sends them on their way. Match: Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan defeats Ricky Gibson with the Piledriver This was a pretty easy match for Rude but the interesting thing here was that Heenan was joined by his new prize… Bad News Allen. The post-match interview seemed to focus more on what Allen is going to do to Hogan at the Canada Day Spectacular then Rude’s win over Gibson. Rude seemed to be upset by this as he wanted to flex and talk about how nobody can stop starring at the Ravishing One… not even Baby Doll! (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) Match: Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart vs Bob Sweetan In the 4th Stampede Tournament match of the night, the fans were treated to a real slobberknocker. These two did their best to beat on each other for about 8 minutes until the Anvil finally connected with a powerslam. At the interview desk, the Anvil seems to be ready to fight everyone…. From the Russians to the High Flyers . He is really upset at how Gagne put down his father-in-law, Stu Hart earlier tonight and he reminds everyone that there is still on person left here in Stampede to protect the Hart name! MAIN EVENT: AWA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Brad Armstrong vs Dynamite Kid Dynamite Kid came out to a huge ovation as he waved to the crowd thanking them for their recent support during his title reign. When Armstrong heads to the ring, a chorus of boos reigns down upon him. Dynamite asks for the house microphone. Dynamite Kid: Please, please… understand that Brad is a great guy and a great wrestler. He beat me fair and square for the title and tonight we are both going to give our all and may the better man walk out as champ. Kid and Armstrong shake hands and the crowd goes wild. As for the match… it is a display of pure wrestling and skill and Ed Whalen keeps putting over the fact that these are two of the best in the world. Unfortunately, after about 8 minutes, Gagne and Brunzell hit the ring and attack Kid. The ref calls for the bell but in a display of great sportsmanship, Brad Armstrong comes to the rescue of Dynamite and after a minute or two of a wild brawl, Armstrong and Kid are in control of the ring while the High Flyers are out on the floor and heading to the locker room with their tails between their legs. Ed Whalen: What a great night of wrestling it has been and a great thanks to Brad Armstrong for coming to the rescue of Dynamite Kid after another rotten attack by the High Flyers. Something has to be done about this and hopefully Stu Hart will set lay down the law against these invaders from South of the Border. Remember if you are anywhere near Edmonton and the Sales Pavilion this week, get a ticket as the tournament to crown the first ever Stampede Heavyweight Champion will continue. So, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling.

Something big is going to happen.... Playboy happy in a loss by his Army? Never trust him when he looks happy

Big week for Killer Khan... Andre and then T.A

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING June 9, 1984 A montage of all the top AWA Wrestlers of both past and present is shown as the intro music is played. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA Mid-American All-Star Wrestling. I am Rod Trongard and we are coming to you today from the Minneapolis Armory. Fans, if any of you were at the Rosemont Horizon this past week you got a real treat. In fact, it was so awesome to see who joined Da Crusher in his 6 Man tag match against Luke Graham, Bobby Bass and Buck Robley that we have to show you. Video Tape Match Robley, Bass and Graham vs Da Crusher and 2 Mystery Partners With the heels already in the ring, Crusher starts down the aisle and he is joined by none other than his old tag partner, Dick the Bruiser and one of the toughest wrestlers ever to grace the squared circle, Ray “The Crippler” Stevens. The crowd explodes as these three legends of the Sport of Kings head to the ring while the heels seem to cower in fear. As for the match, the fan favorites are the ones on the offense and they attack before the bell. We get a great slobberknocker here that comes to an end when Stevens hits a Bombs Away on Crazy Luke Graham. When the video is over, Crusher, Bruiser and Crippler are at the interview desk with smiles on their faces. Da Crusher: Well Rod, I couldn’t taken it anymore. I heard Robley, Graham and Bass out here week after week saying that they were the old guard in this sport and that they took pleasure in taking out young punks like Ricky Gibson. First things first, Gibson is no punk and second, you are now looking at the true “Old Guard.” Dick the Bruiser: One phone call from Crusher is all it took before I came running or at least walking as fast as I can now. He said it would be like the old days where we just loved smashing heads and and taken names. Ray Stevens: I know I have been in the ring against these two men to my right hundreds of times and we might not always see eye to eye but one thing is for sure…. They are two TOUGH GUYS and if they had enough respect to ask me to help solve this problemg…. I had enough respect to come on down and help um. Da Crusher: If you thought the beating we gave those three losers was the highlight of the night, you must not have made the pary down on Halsted Street when all the pretty dollies wanted to see what these dinosaurs had left. Rod Trongard: Ok, remember this is a family show. We will get to live action when we come back form break. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan defeats Tony Torres with the Piledriver While this was a complete squash match, it was not without its interesting moment as Baby Doll came out and seemed to give Rick Rude a huge look as she observed him from head to toe. When she was done, she had a big smile on her face and Rude simply smirked as he thought that he was all that. At the interview desk Rude was real proud of the attention he was getting from Baby Doll but all Gene Okerlund wanted to do was talk to Heenan about what happened last night in Calgary. For those that did not see the show, we see a video clip of the contract signing for the AWA World Title Match between Bad News Allen and Hulk Hogan that ended with Bobby Heenan being announced as Bad News Allen’s new manager. Back here at the desk, Okerlund asks Heenan what that was all about. Bobby Heenan: I will to you Okerlund… that was about how sick and tired we are of Hulk Hogan. He runs around here and talks about all the Hulkamaniacs… well do you not what a maniac is? It is a person who is nuts… clinically insane… and that is exactly what a person must be to be a fan of Hulk Hogan. So, I went to Bad News Allen and reminded him that if there is one person in All-Star Wrestling who knows how to beat Hogan it is me. I mean Verne Gagne made my man Nick Boackwinkel fight Hogan every night for two years. Bockwinkel was something like 200-1 against Hogan. Why? … I know Hogan’s weakness! Now on Canada Day in the Saddledome… Hogan’s title reign will come to an end and my family will hold both the North American Title and the Stampede Title! As they do walk off set, Rude seems somewhat displeased that the interview did not focus more on his “budding” relationship with the Perfect 10 MATCH: Nikita Koloff with Nicolai Volkoff destroys Verlon Biggs with the Russian Sickle A quick Anti-American filled interview has Koloff reminding us that Eddie Gilbert has no shot to win the finals of the Young Lion’s Cup on July 1 and Volkoff reminds us that he is still looking to take out one Sgt. Slaughter for good. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines A great match for TV as Sweetan had his moments here reminding the fans just how tough he is and how much of a star he was just a few years ago. The problem was that he couldn’t sustain this pressure on a star in his prime and eventually Savage took over. No matter what dirty tactic Sweetan tried or how hard he tried to bring this match to the gutter, Savage was always ready for him. The end came with the Top Rope Elbow Drop and at the interview desk, Savage continued to hype up his upcoming North American Title Match against Bret Hart in Calgary on July 1. MATCH: “Crazy” Luke Grahm defeats Mario Palumbo by just bullying him around the ring The problem here was that Graham just new he was better and messed around and embarrassed the young Palumbo. When it went too far, Ricky Gibson rushed out and attacked Graham but as we have found out over the last few weeks, Graham is never far from his henchman and Robley and No Class Bobby Bass were on Gibson in a Heart Beat! Finally, there was an answer as Ray Stevens, Crusher and Bruiser were only steps behind. It was like this was all a set up as the Baby Face Brawlers quickly knocked Graham and his group around and left them rolling on the floor! As the crowd cheered and the vets hugged it out with the young Ricky Gibson, the heels went scurrying to the locker room. The microphone did pick up Luke Graham saying, “He is NOT going to be very happy about this.” As we went to break, Rod Trongard wondered who he was. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: Dr. Death & Manny Fernandez crush two local jobbers The interesting thing here was that Rod Trongard announces that All-Star Wrestling is having trouble deciding who the #1 contenders are for the Road Warriors and the AWA World Tag Team Title so the Board of Directors has decided that it will be a Three Corner Title Match at the Canada Day Spectacular in the Saddledome between the Road Warriors, the Sheiks and Dr. Death/Manny Fernandez where the winners will be the champions and the losers will be forced to leave All-Star Wrestling for a Year. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MAIN EVENT: Eddie Gilbert with Baby Doll vs Curt Hennig with Bobby Heenan A nice match for TV that shows some back and forth and helps Eddie Gilbert to become more of a fan favorite as the fans would do anything to have one of Heenan’s men go down on defeat. At about the 6 minute mark, we see Rick Rude walk out and go right up to Baby Doll and give her a big look from head to toe. Baby Doll seems to be making eyes right back at Rude who gives her a nice Pec Dance for her time. Eddie Gilbert sees this and is fuming. He goes out of the ring and is chasing Rude up the ramp who was walking away with a big smirk on his face. Just as Rude goes off screen behind the curtain… WHAM… Nikita Koloff comes out from behind the curtain and hits Gilbert with a Russian Sickle. Trongard wonders if Baby Doll is truly falling for Rude and if this was all a set up and if the Russians are in cahoots with Heenan. All things to be answered next week. He also wonders how Gilbert is going to handle Koloff in the finals of the Young Lions Cup on Canada Day Rod Trongard: So long from the Minneapolis Armory

The Army just keeps replenishing as Playboy runs AWA Pacific

Can't wait for Valentine vs Gino The heels seem to be in control in Atlantic Coast which makes it fun to read

Moondogs, Saito and JYD on fire on that loop

Again ... AWESOME SHOW FROM TOP TO BOTTOM Armstrongs with belts means Southeastern is right where it needs to be. Gimmick Matches- Hair vs Hair, Steel Cage... perfect booking for for Alabama Don't get the Road Warriors mad The Freebirds could do anything in Alabama. They might just be the Governor is they want

All-Star sends Scott McGhee and Ricky Vaughn to TNT for the Sheepherders

Rougeaus vs the Samoans.... nice battle at the top of the tag division Rocky Johnson must have loved knocking out Superstar Graham I could watch heel Backlund vs Baby face Snuka all day